In the next KHL game, the Admiral will host Avangard. The match will take place on January 15 at the Fetisov Arena. Let’s see what these teams have been up to so far.
Admiral
The team from Vladivostok is in the 9th position in the standings of the Eastern Conference. With 49 points on their account, they are 1 point behind the playoff zone.
In the last three matches of the past year, the Admiral had no success. “Sailors” were beaten by Torpedo (0: 5), Avtomobilist in overtime (1: 2) and Amur (0: 2). A series of defeats continued in 2020. On January 3, Sergei Svetlov’s team lost a lot to Avangard (1: 4), after which they could not cope with Vityaz (3: 4).
On January 7, the Admiral managed to defeat Torpedo (2: 1), but the club from Vladivostok failed the next match again. In Yekaterinburg, the guests were defeated by Avtomobilist (2: 5). A little later, the “sailors” prevailed over the leaders of the championship – Ak Bars (5: 1).
Avangard
Representatives of Omsk are now in the second position of the standings of the Eastern Conference. In 47 regular matches, the team managed to earn 64 points.
The end of last year, Bob Hartley’s team had incredible success outplaying their rivals. First, they defeated Neftekhimik (6: 2), and then easily sorted out Traktor (5: 1).
On January 3, at the Balashikha, the “hawks” defeated the Admiral (4: 1), after which the Barys defeated them in their arena (2: 3).
After losing points in the first match with Kazakhstan team, Avangard took revenge in the second meeting (3: 0). On January 13, in Khabarovsk, Omsk defeated Amur on shootouts (1: 1, 3: 2).
Admiral vs Avangard prediction
Bookmakers consider Avangard to be a clear favourite of this contest.
Admiral in the upcoming meeting will try to cling to the necessary points, but for this, they will have to restrain the attack of the guests. Our prediction for the match is a total of less than 4.5.
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